Ladette to Lady

Are you a woman with a loud mouth? A foul-mouth? Can you drink any bloke under the table? Are you more interested in footy than fashion? Are you a domestic disaster? Consider yourself a party animal?

If this sounds like you, then you might be a “ladette” – a foul-mouthed, loud and uncultured young woman who needs a crash course in etiquette and manners.

Tuesday, July 29 at 9.30pm

In their fourth week at Finishing School the five ladettes host a dinner dance at Eggleston Hall for some distinguished guests. They will be required to present a classic buffet, to create elaborate flower arrangements, to wear the skirts and corsets which they have made in needlework; and to master the elusive art of being a gracious hostess. It’s a challenge which eclipses everything that has come before.

Tuesday, July 22 at 9.30pm

This week the ladettes receive an invitation to a formal country house weekend with Sir John and Lady Ropner. To teach the girls how to negotiate their way through a minefield of etiquette a new teacher has joined the staff. Liz Brewer is a socialite and party planner who has been introducing upwardly mobile young women into society for years. She’s got just five days to teach the girls how to make polite conversation, eat asparagus and when to tip the staff – and how not to be led astray by the selection of horny young bachelors who will also be staying the night.

Tuesday, June 3 at 9.30pm

It is now the final week at Eggleston Hall and with just three ladettes left, the competition is stronger than ever. There has been a huge transformation in the girls over the last five weeks and now that it is coming to the end they definitely feeling the pressure. The week will be one long test for the girls; at the end of which they will face the ultimate challenge: to ‘come out’ at their ‘Graduation Ceremony’. The ceremony will be based on the Queen Charlotte Ball started by King George III in the 18th Century, which was still one of the major events of the London calendar for debutantes in the 1950’s. The big difference for our ladettes is only one girl will emerge victorious.

Tuesday, May 27 at 9.30pm

It’s the fourth week of term at Eggleston hall and this week the Ladettes face their first ever public end of week task. They and the eligible bachelors have been invited by Lady Amber Leighton to attend a luncheon at an international polo match. One of them will also be required to present a prize and make a speech. If recent behaviour is anything to go by it could be an unmitigated disaster.

It’s the job of sharp tongued etiquette teacher Liz Brewer to get the girls prepared for the considerable demands of the end of week challenge. In class Ms Brewer asks glamour model Louise Porter what she might say when presenting an award, Louise’s reply of “thank you for having me” is met with the retort that “you must never say thank you for having me, never ever use that expression , that someone has ‘had’ you, you especially Louise’. Louise rises to the bait, insults Mrs Brewer and storms out of class.

Tuesday, May 20 at 9.30pm

It’s the third week of term at Eggleston Hall, at the end of which the ladettes will be tested to the limit. They have been invited, by leading society hostess Lady Apsley, to a day of swimming, champagne and fine dinning at one of the countries grandest and most notorious country houses ‘Cliveden’. But before the week even starts a departure throws the school off course. Under the cover of darkness, nightclub bouncer Kelly Simpson has fled. A difficult week followed by a harsh assessment proved too much for her.

Tuesday, April 15 at 9.30pm

This week the ladettes receive an invitation to a formal country house weekend with Sir John and Lady Ropner. To teach the girls how to negotiate their way through a minefield of etiquette a new teacher
has joined the staff. Liz Brewer is a socialite and party planner who has been introducing upwardly mobile young women into society for years. She’s got just five days to teach the girls how to make
polite conversation, eat asparagus and when to tip the staff – and how not to be led astray by the selection of horny young bachelors who will also be staying the night.
Whether they can behave like ladies remains to be seen but at least they can look the part. Stephen Way and his team of hairdressers have come to the Finishing School to give the ladettes the classic

Nine has scheduled an encore screening for Ladette to Lady, due to poor ratings.

Ladette to Lady will be repeated this Saturday (5th April) at 10:55pm around the country.